Grammatical Mistake... Ruined my chances or no big deal?

College Essays
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<p>I was so excited to turn in my college essay. It's so eloquently written but not overdone. However, I looked back at it today and I realized that I stupidly wrote, "The students that judged me are no longer what I aspired to be."</p>

<p>I said "are no longer" which indicates present tense while "what I aspired to be" indicates past tense!
I'm so screwed. I feel like crap! It was definitely my fault for finishing it up and turning it in at 2AM.</p>

<p>Do you think my chances are obliterated? It's a pretty big public research school with a 60% acceptance rate. It's my number one choice. My GPA and SATs are a tad above their average for students. </p>

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<p>yeah. your chances are totally ruined. you should probably drop out of high school now, not really worth going now that your life is over. i’d suggest going to the nearest mcdonald’s and starting your new life post-haste. </p>

<p>JK dude. it was one baby error. colleges don’t base their acceptance off of one missed verb tense. ever. don’t stress so much, focus your angst into something more appropriate and teenaged, like girls or something</p>

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<p>You’re fine. See Clam Fart:</p>

<p><a href=“Clam fart! Oh my God... What did I do?! - Chance Me / Match Me! - College Confidential Forums”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/470497-clam-fart-oh-my-god-what-did-i-do-p1.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>The kid got into Yale.</p>

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<p>Honestly, that entire sentence is meh at best. Hopefully the committee will just read through it really fast. Your grammatical fix wasn’t going to save it. Some of us would use “who” instead of “that” and “what.”</p>

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<p>@shawnspencer Omg clam fart. Best laugh I’ve had in a while!</p>

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<p>The grammatical mistake that sticks out most to me in that sentence is your use of “that” when it should be “who.”</p>

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<p>Wow I’m really stressing out over nothing. Lol </p>

<p>Clam fart</p>